Codicil

 I do not have much experience with wills. But googling up the meaning of codicil reminded me of a story our literature teacher once shared with us.

She said that she had a friend who became a caretaker. Noone was happy she became one, but according to our teacher, she took pleasure in looking after old people. Years later, when she got professionally qualified with all the needed certifications, she migrated and settled in a western country. ( I can't remember if she said Canada or USA) 

A family, who needed someone to look after their father who lived alone, recruited her.  She looked after this old man for a couple of years.  She took care of this old man so well that he has asked her to marry him. He was 81 at that time and my friend had just turned 25, our teacher said. 

Hearing this, my entire class was disappointed and there were one or two 'áyyos' and sighs. But the story didn't end there.

"No children, he didn't have such intentions. He was very rich and his kids were too. None of his children wanted his property as they were well off. He had thought it would be a nice way to thank this young lady who took care of him if he could let her have his assets. " our teacher said. This old man thought it would be less complicated to get married to her than altering her will. 

Her story didn't end there. This old man had passed away two weeks later. As intended, she received his assets including the house. She was already a citizen of this country too. 

Her boyfriend from her motherland moved there too. They got married and lived happily ever after( at least until the time the story was told which was about 14 years ago) 

Then it became our class's shared goal, to find an old man on a deathbed with lots of money and to get married to him. I wonder how many of them still remember this story. As far as I know, none of them married old people. But who knows, it's still not too late.